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Destinazione: Italia!
Next week I’ll be setting my feet down for the first time in Vasto, Italy, the hometown of my grandfather. It’s located on the Adriatic coast, in the Abruzzo region. Having heard about Vasto my whole life, it’s always been on my list of places to visit “someday” but thanks in part to my daughter […]
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Into the Wild
Right now, the signs of Fall are everywhere in the Pacific Northwest. Lately I have been lucky enough to spend a lot of time in the woods, witnessing the changes of the season. And extra lucky to have as a forest companion an 84 year old man who has spent his life working in the […]
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You Are Here
Copper etching of Timber’s Mermaid I am writing this post on the Lunar New Year-goat or sheep-take your pick. (I choose goat.) Here in the Northern Hemisphere we are at a seasonal crossroads. The last weeks of winter linger, while the days grow longer and warmer. Everywhere signs of Spring are emerging: the sounds of […]
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Celtic Chasing in Ireland
In August I traveled to Ireland to take a class in Celtic chasing with Brian Clarke. He is a world renowned silversmith who in the past has taught classes all over North America. However nowadays if you want to take a class with him it requires a trip to his studio in Ballinaclash, Co Wicklow. […]
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Trippen
Chartres Labyrinth earrings, photo by Marcy Merrill It seems somehow appropriate to start this post with an image of recently completed earrings. They represent the sum of my explorations into etching and using Japanese patina on shibuichi alloy-and the image of the Labyrinth, which is etched on the metal surface, is highly symbolic of my […]